Wolfgang Ostwald
German physical chemist and biologist
About Wolfgang Ostwald
Lived 1883 – 1943 (aged 60). Wolfgang Ostwald was a physical chemist, zoologist, university teacher and chemist, known for Colloid.
Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (27 May 1883 – 22 November 1943) was a German chemist and biologist researching colloids.
Ostwald was born in Riga, the son of the 1909 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald, and died in Dresden.
Publications Grundriß der Kolloidchemie (Basics of colloid chemistry, 1909) Die Welt der vernachlässigten Dimensionen (The world of neglected dimensions, 1914) Ostwald, Wolfgang (1932), "Kritische Flussigkeitsgemische betrachtet als Kolloide Emulsoide" ('Critical Fluid Mixtures considered as Colloids/Emulsoids'), The Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, Vol.9, No.1, (January 1932), pp. 83-88.
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Who was Wolfgang Ostwald?
German physical chemist and biologist (1883-1943)
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Wolfgang Ostwald was born on 27 May 1883 in Riga.
When did Wolfgang Ostwald die?
Wolfgang Ostwald died on 22 November 1943 in Dresden.
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Wolfgang Ostwald was a physical chemist, zoologist, university teacher and chemist.
What was Wolfgang Ostwald known for?
Wolfgang Ostwald was known for Colloid.
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Wolfgang Ostwald's recorded nationality: German Reich, Baltic Germans.
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